How To Install perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths on AlmaLinux 8.
What is perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths
This module tries to make install path resolution as easy as possible. When you want to install a module, it needs to figure out where to install things. The nutshell version of how this works is that default installation locations are determined from ExtUtils overridden by using the install_path attribute. An install_base attribute lets you specify an alternative installation root like /home/foo and prefix does something similar in a rather different (and more complicated) way. destdir lets you specify a temporary installation directory like /tmp/install in case you want to create bundled-up installable packages.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths.
Install perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths
Install perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths
How To Uninstall perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-ExtUtils-InstallPaths on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.